I thought that the film For Wanda was very interesting. This was the first type of film that I have seen like this in many ways. The film lacked the typical beautiful people or perfect ending. I really appreciated that this film lacked both; we were provided with real people and a not so perfect ending. The storyline and nomadic quality of the film leads the audience to figure out for themselves what the film is saying.
The lack of information that was provided by director/actress Barbara Loden about Wanda was really intriguing to me. I noticed that through the film I was trying to “figure her out”. And in the end the only thing that I had “figured out” was that Wanda was a lost soul and she had not grown in any way.
Something that I found really refreshing about this film was how real it was. It seems as if Loden really wanted to portray a real life feel to this film. She shows this in many ways. In the dreary landscape, the lack of self respect Wanda had for herself and the lack of respect that other people had for her. We see this especially when Wanda allows men to use her, through her wallet away, when she says “I’ve never had anything and I never will have anything”. In the end of the film that is exactly what we see the main character never grew, she still had nothing, actually less than she had at the beginning of the film.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Loden
http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Barbara_Loden/190111
1 comment:
I agree. It's very true that not having the usual "beautiful people" added to the flim. It made it very realistic. I was also trying to figure out Loden through Wanda. It's a little scary to see how close both of them match up.
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